07/11/2017
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"It provides an important opportunity to address the economic harm that is caused by excessive Federal spending and debt."
"We all agree that public policies need to support strong economic growth that benefits all Americans--middle-class Americans, working Americans--whose incomes have not kept up, whose unemployment rate..."
"We cannot continue on this path."
"the sequester was part of the Budget Control Act. That is what we did."